john ralston, alexei, maria teresa kumar. i want to start with the fight other health care. tweeted out this afternoon that he supports people with preexisting conditions saying, quote, all republicans support people with preexisting conditions and if they don't, they will after i speak to them. i'm in total support. and also democrats will destroy your medicare. i will keep it heathy and well. charlie sykes, it seems like it went out, we're getting killed on this preexisting condition hit that the democrats have, we got to do something about it. this seems a bit ham handed, is it going to work? >> first of all, this was completely predictable. i don't know of a single republican who thought it would be a good idea going into the p so you're seeing republicans all over the country, you know, with ads and videos saying, you know, absolutely, despite the lawsuit, despite the votes against protecting pre-existing conditions, we are all there. i mentioned political malpractice before. this is political malpractice from the point of republicans because they understand what a magi